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Well I take the original poster`s point, but it`s a case of "use it or
lose it" and the more people that use the bands, the less likely it is
that they`ll be taken away. So even if they are worked by ******s, at
least the ******s are serving some purpose. Plus there is nothing to
stop code lovers (of which I am one) from continuing to dit-dah away
indefinitely. No one`s proposing to make CW illegal. Let`s try to be a
little less elitist, gentlemen!


Could not have said it better and your comments mirror my sentiments as
well. Thank You

If we are to have fun and let this hobby flourish, we all need to work
together to make it a model of humanity and acceptance. Just because one
has passed code reception tests at some level does not make him/her the
exemplarily model of the perfect ham. Look at all the child like behavior
resulting in massive FCC fines of the past five years! These were all
'coded' hams. Some with 20WPM test behind them. Remember, we (the US) are
one of the last to continue to have had a code requirement. Has the
'hamming' rest of the world gone to heck in a handbasket? No.

If you find it difficult to deal with the no coders, then it may be time for
you to move on to another hobby. I welcome the 'new blood' as this will
ensure our bands remain ours and might even cause equipment prices to come
down - it's all in the law of supply and demand.

Jim Philopena, KB1NXE
Formerly: WN1VJW, DA2PJ, KA1VGP and for a time the IMD (no, not intermod -
but some might say so;~) at AGA1WP